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[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

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[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@BernieSanders And they have access to “clean” food.

[Being Libertarian @beinlibertarian]

Taxpayers should know who in Congress is using sexual abuse hush money

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr]

Sheldon Krimsky's 2000 book Hormonal Chaos (published by John Hopkins) is more important today than ever. It lays out the “environmental endocrine hypothesis,” which “asserts that a diverse group of industrial and agricultural chemicals in contact with humans and wildlife have the capacity to mimic or obstruct hormone function…fooling it into accepting new instructions that distort the normal development of the organism…these compounds have been implicated in more than two dozen human and animal disorders, including reproductive and developmental abnormalities, immune dysfunction, cognitive and behavioral pathologies, and cancer.”

Like the great Rachel Carson, Krimsky shared — bravely and meticulously — inconvenient scientific research. I say “bravely” because Krimsky knew the “industrial groups...poised to protect product and sector interests” were none too pleased to see their highly profitable chemicals exposed.

And what’s particularly striking is that on the back of this book, there’s a glowing endorsement from Senator John F. Kerry — “Sheldon Krimsky has written an extremely responsible book and has sounded an important alarm.”

Believe it or not, it was not long ago that concern about toxins in our environment and bodies was primarily a concern of the Left. Leftie writer-activists were the ones who struck fear into the hearts of industry scientists and (borrowing from Teddy Roosevelt) “the malefactors of great wealth.”

No longer. The Democratic party has become the party of the Establishment, of Big Pharma and Big Ag. Of Big Money. And people are catching on.

One chemical Krimsky singles out for criticism is atrazine. I was widely ridiculed in the media for raising concerns that it might affect sexual development in humans. Well, here’s what Krimsky says (p. 204): “More than 220 million pounds of pesticides known or suspected to be endocrine disrupters were applied to 68 different crops in recent years, with atrazine (classified by the EPA as a possible human carcinogen) alone making up 29 percent of the total weight and 22 percent of the total acreage treated.”

Today if you raise concerns like this that interfere with corporate profits and paradigms, you get called a “conspiracy theorist” or “irrational right-wing lunatic.”

Let us be haunted by these words from Dr. Aaron Kheriaty: “The common feature of all totalitarian systems is the prohibition of questions: every totalitarian regime first monopolizes what counts as rationality and determines what questions you are allowed to ask.”

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@ChrisCuomo Or maybe it’s worth our attention and efforts to stop it, especially when it involves our children.

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

That’s exactly why we don’t want Harris as POTUS!

The Democrats have become the Party of War!!! And Harris is not a Communist, she’s a Corporatist like most of D.C.

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

Bold prediction: Harris is peaking now, but I think she’s going to start slipping in the polls. She’s doing several things wrong: 1. Avoiding media is always a bad idea. 2. She keeps bragging that neocons like Dick Cheney are backing her. 3. Emphasizing how pro-corporate she is.

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

NEW: Joe Rogan praises @RobertKennedyJr and the Make America Healthy Again movement, calling it "one of the best things for the health of the American people."

"If RFK gets into office, he will expose a lot of this stuff, just like he did when he was an environmental attorney."

"There's a reason why multiple other countries have banned food ingredients that we use all the time."

"They had all these health experts testify... and they were talking about the food additives, glyphosate, and how dangerous it is."

"We're all just consuming these poisons."

"The history of that guy's work has all been about protecting people from corporations that are poisoning them."

"If he can do that with health..."

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@dr_andrealove And yet you failed to explain the reason for such an increase in chronic disease amongst our population, especially our children! Our we not to believe our lying eyes and ears!

Let me guess, it’s climate change!

[Russell Brand @rustyrockets]

Ordinary people are sick and tried of funding wars while they’re going about hungry.

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@greta @SenSanders @NEWSMAX Get his thoughts on #MAHA

Let’s see if he will speak out against the Big Corporations and the corporate capture of our regulatory agencies and other departments, i.e. USDA, FDA, NIH

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@cenkuygur It’s not because he is black. Maybe it is related to his speaking out about Biden/Harris Admin shipping illegals to NY City and overwhelming their city’s resources!

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@SocraticQuant @realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden @real_GeorgeBush George Bush took out Iraq which was their biggest threat in the region.

Biden gave them back $Billions.

And Trump killed one of their most feared military leaders!

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@calleymeans @SwissWatchGuy Would these same people make such ridiculous statements if our government allowed gas stations to add water or other substances in the fuel they sell us to put in their nice cars?

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@GeraldoRivera That’s what happens when you speak out against the Biden/Harris administration!

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@krassenstein What happened to “innocent until PROVEN guilty?”

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr]

The MSM cheerleading for Ozempic has begun! New op-ed in the NYT “Opinion | Is Obesity a Disease? It’s Complicated in the Age of Ozempic” does make a valid point: that weight-shaming is cruel and that obesity is not a failure of character (we are not, she rightly and humanely states, suffering a “global breakdown in willpower”).

But that doesn’t mean obesity is something that just happens to us. The author never mentions our sickening food system based on a toxic industrial agriculture; in-the-tank government agencies; and the profitable manufacturing of poisonous and addictive processed foods—foods which have taken over our markets, restaurants, and school cafeterias.

Further, she doesn't mention the anxiety and crisis of meaning afflicting many of us—sufferings which tee us up to eat unhealthily. Nor does she mention the effect of excessive screen time, especially among our young people, and the sedentary lifestyles that accompany it.

According to the writer, obesity seems to be a matter of lack—a lack of bariatric surgeries and a lack of Ozempic courtesy of Novo Nordisk, a Danish multinational whose wealth is bigger than Denmark’s entire economy. As this drug becomes more widely available, the journalist seems to suggest, “America’s biggest health problem” will be under control.

Instead of fixing our food system and addressing the obesity crisis at its root, the author focuses on a drug that may palliate the symptom – and gladden the wallets of distant Big Pharma execs.

According to @calleymeans (who is not mentioned in this essay), “almost all of Novo Nordisk revenue is coming from taking advantage of Americans…the biggest target market for any drug in American history.” And this drug, according to Means, possibly causes harmful gastrointestinal, metabolic, and mental side effects (effects not mentioned in this essay). Regardless of possible side effects, some speculate this drug’s burgeoning market will make for a $1 trillion dollar company by 2030.

With a number like that, of course this drug is the answer! It has to be the answer. With a number like that, of course we don't talk about root causes; and about the need for better food and saner farming. Means again: “The second you get someone off the chronic disease treadmill, that’s not a profitable patient.”

Wendell Berry once said the most revolutionary act is a kitchen garden. Not only do you get sunlight, fresh air, bird song, physical work, and tasty healthful food, you weaken your dependence on warped, greedy corporations and the corrupt government agencies that comfort them.  

When I’m working in the next administration, I will address our sick food system—and the corrupt government agencies—to help make our country healthy again.

In the meantime perhaps we should consider replanting the kitchen garden before sending more money to Denmark.

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@Kramer9Tommy Praying for healing and comfort! As someone who lives with a chronic disease, I’m here to tell you that we can find joy & peace in Christ regardless of our circumstances. 🙏

[Anna Matson @AnnaRMatson]

Someone made a comment yesterday that the government doesn’t need to worry about people’s health. It’s an individuals job to eat healthy and exercise. This argument completely ignores that our food is completely full of poison - even fruits and veggies, and even organic to a certain extent.

[FreeThinker @JGRagle]

@BrettFavre You are in my prayers! I also live with a chronic disease, and I’m here to tell you I couldn’t do it without looking up and trusting God! You can find hope & joy in Christ regardless of your circumstances! 🙏

[Calley Means @calleymeans]

The childhood chronic disease crisis is not a partisan issue.

Why is Fox the only network covering it?